Advances in science reveal the earth's mysteries, causes, and effects everyday. There are few 'big' questions left unanswered, unfortunately, so I'll give you some credit, however, given trenRAB in solutions and explanations for forces that were once deemed 'supernatural, magical, or otherwise unknowable' such as gravity, magnetics, and atomic structures provides a much more logical, satisfying, and realistic physical explanation than God. The trend seems to be in favor of science and the physical universe. Any theory based upon some piece of physical evidence, such as evolution, is more plausible than God or something 'supernatural'. There are few instances, if any, where supernatural evidence even holRAB a candle to scientific conjecture. Even if big bang isn't correct, it is more logical and satisfying than God or the supernatural.
Metaphysical theories often become physical possibilities. The atom, quarks, and even controversial subjects such as nanobiology were all once metaphysical theories and beliefs there were proven to be true or accurate. A recent example would be the possibility of examing the composition of space, as once it was believed to not have any composition at all. Metaphysics are often ideas that we generally hold up as 'ridiculous' but in many cases have contributed to physical breakthroughs, in which case they are no longer metaphysical and thus they were never metaphysical to begin with, which is simply another explanation undermining the idea of something supernatural.
Your analogy has no credibility because there is no proof that it had ever happened. You are defining two different situations. The symbolic association, Tennessee, and a nameless landform. The landform is the only one that has physical meaning. The symbolic association, Tennessee, could be called anything and symbolized by anything. Language itself has no bearing the object the word symbolizes. If we did not hold up objects by their symbolic references, however, we would always be confused about what we were talking about. The landform is the landform no matter what you call it.
There is no 'metaphysical' evidence. Metaphysics is a field that attempts to discover a logical means of explaining cause and effect and solving problems that we can't physically provide evidence for. Metaphysical theories that prove to be correct become physics. Metaphysics does not deal with supernatural or religious explanations, but regardless, it still seeks to define physical possibilities.
I couldn't agree with you more, but unfortunately, science seems to dictate otherwise. We are starting to run out of topics to blame supernatural phenomena on.
This is quite plainly your opinion... to which you are entitled. Though, I certainly cannot know what you mean when you use the term 'God.' There are many different ideas and definitions for that term. In fact, by some definitions of 'God,' it would be impossible and illogical for 'God' to not exist. (Such as this definition: The universal force that causes all things in the physical realm. Because all things that happen in the physical realm, happen -- And because all things that exist in the physical realm, exist -- this is proof that something caused these things to happen and to exist. Whatever that something is, is God.)[\Quote]
I am using God as a general all encompassing entity. By entity, I mean something of intelligence, not just some floating energy garbage.
This is an unfair assessment, of your four examples, 3 of them are observable and logically influenced. 'God' does not exist is not observable, vaguely definable, or logically accessible.
